The 9Th Class Swordmaster: Blade Of Truth [EN]: Chapter 423

258. The Great Jungle Adur (4)

[Don’t come!!!]

At the sharp cry, Halkata flinched involuntarily, but Karil continued to walk across the frozen swamp.

“Anchar.”

[Who? I clearly told you not to let anyone in here…!! Father, why?!]

Halkata’s lips twitched as he tried to speak, but the words caught in his throat.

“He is not to blame. I forced him to come. You may be confused by the strong energy of the spirit, but you can feel my energy more clearly than anyone else. He is not powerful enough to pose any threat to me.”

[Dr… Dragon?]

Karil, who had entered the cabin, spoke towards the closed door.

“You know very well. Then you also know that the power within me is not just dragon magic. Do you think Halkata could have stopped me? Not only that, but you know you can’t do anything to me either.”

[Get out.]

A curt answer came from inside the door.

Karil’s cheek twitched slightly at her words, and Halkata looked at him with a worried expression.

[Pfft… Keu keu keu. The great Karil got told off. Her temper is worse than Serika or Kay Rothschild’s.]

Alrn Zavius looked at Karil and laughed, as if he found the situation amusing.

“Don’t worry. Anchar, I’m coming inside. Let’s talk face to face.”

[Krrr… Krrr… I told you to get out!!]

Instead of an answer, a sharp, bestial growl echoed from inside the cabin.

Clatter-

Despite her warning, Karil finally pulled the doorknob.

[I’m… no longer human…!!!]

Kwaaaang—!!!!

At that moment, the door of the cabin shattered, and something burst out of the dark room.

“Bringing out little ones who are stuck at home is my specialty,” Karil said quietly, facing the huge fist flying towards him.

“Even if I have to beat them up.”

Sreureung……!!

Karil swung his Ice Claw as if he had been waiting for this. Every time the blade sliced through the air, white snowflakes scattered.

“A wolf.”

The moment Karil’s Ice Claw cut through the air, a huge wolf appeared, biting the blade and shaking its head violently from side to side.

The massive beast, twice as big as Karil, who was already of sturdy build, had brown fur and was so huge that it could easily be mistaken for a bear.

Clatter……. Clatter!!

Karil watched with amusement as she struggled to bite him with her sharp fangs.

[It’s a different look from Hwarin.]

Alrn looked at her with interest. Although she was in the form of a wolf, unlike the Lycanthropes who walked on two legs, Anchar had completely transformed into a wolf.

“Shape. It’s a technique that only those with special abilities called Druids among the Yain can use. The power to transform oneself into a spirit. But it doesn’t consume magic power. Spirits are animals that lived in ancient times, so it’s completely different from ordinary transformation magic.”

[I see. That’s interesting. Hwarin’s technique only 극단적으로 [extremely] enhances physical abilities, but that seems to enhance mental power rather than physical strength.]

Even though Anchar was in a precarious situation, trying to bite Karil’s neck, Alrn was busy analyzing her.

[Polymorph magic consumes quite a lot of magic power, but this actually increases the magic power you have by transforming.]

“That’s right. It’s also different from the magic power transformation of the Eastern country.”

[Can’t we apply this to your subordinates?]

“It’ll be difficult. If that’s the case, it would be better to teach the Yain, who have a greater potential constitutionally, to create a beast unit.”

[That would be fun.]

“But Druids are not created by us; only those chosen by the spirits can become one.”

[Hmm…….]

“Besides, the technology of the Eastern country should be focused on Amyeon and Snakel. Magic power transformation, which is a method of forcibly expanding and 뚫는 [piercing] the magic power 혈 [meridians], is a technique that puts a strain on the body. It’s difficult to use right away unless you train from a young age.”

[In many ways, it’s just the 정석 [orthodox] method.]

“That’s enough. Using unique methods can be effective even with a small number of people.”

“That’s right.”

Halkata was confused by the sight of the two people talking leisurely in front of Anchar.

Who is Anchar?

She was different from birth.

The Yain spend a day in the tombs of the five spirits before they even feel their mother’s arms at the moment of birth. The act of dropping a newborn baby into the arms of its parents seems like an extremely barbaric tradition.

However, the children who spend a day in the tomb do not eat or drink anything, but rather become healthier.

That is the blessing of the spirit.

The children of the Yain, who are blessed by one spirit at the moment of birth, grow according to the power of that spirit.

Some have bodies as hard as rocks, and some are as agile as if flying through the sky.

But Anchar had no response from the tomb of the spirits even after a week had passed since her birth.

Rumors abounded that she was already dead or had been abandoned by the spirits.

In the end, Halkata, despite everyone’s opposition, finally set foot in the tomb of the spirits to find her.

At that moment, he saw an incredible sight.

The moment a large firebird covered the sky and flapped its wings, an elephant wildly waving its tusks and a brown wolf baring its fangs and growling, a naga flashing blue scales, and a large rhinoceros were intertwined and fighting.

Halkata knew immediately what they were.

They were the spirits of the Great Jungle who lived in ancient times, and surprisingly, they were fighting each other to bestow blessings on Anchar’s body.

The spirits fought each other for three days and nights, but no conclusion was reached, and terrible things happened in the Great Jungle during that time.

The river flooded, countless lightning strikes occurred, fires broke out for no reason, and sometimes cold snow fell.

In a battle that ended without a winner, they eventually decided to give her blessings, and they thought that such a perfect vessel could no longer exist in the history of the Yain.

She was considered a child of blessing rather than a curse and became a living idol, and she was the most powerful person.

But…….

Karil was too relaxed in front of such a great figure.

“What’s so surprising about just beastification?” Karil said, as if he had noticed the surprise in Halkata’s eyes.

“There are people who transform into Lycanthropes and even dragons, so becoming just a wolf is not even funny.”

[Keu keu keu…….]

Alrn next to him also laughed.

Halkata closed his mouth at his appearance, which seemed to be sure that any attack by Anchar would not work on Karil.

“Anchar, listen carefully. I’ll tell you how to survive from now on. You must accept the sixth spirit into your body.”

“What, what are you talking about?! I’m already in this state…!!”

“I wasn’t talking to you. Halkata.”

“Ha… but.”

He twitched his lips at Karil’s cold words.

“Until the sixth spirit dwells in her body, she is just a Yain who can do crude transformation magic. Besides, she can’t even control that and is losing her mind.”

“……?!”

Halkata looked at him with a surprised expression at Karil’s words.

“The sixth one…….”

The fact that there was another spirit was something that even he, the leader of the Yain, had never heard of.

[What is it?]

Alrn also urged him to answer, as if he was curious about the words.

“Corruption.”

Karil looked at her with meaningful eyes.

“Wait a minute!! You said you would save her! The reason why that child is in this state is because of corruption… How can you say such a thing!!”

[Kiyaaaaaaaaa—!!]

The body of the wolf, which had been biting the Ice Claw like crazy, suddenly shone, and a huge elephant struck Karil with its long tusks like a spear.

Kwaaaang……!!!

“Gasp!”

Unlike before, Karil grabbed the end of the Ice Claw with his other hand and held the sword horizontally to block her attack.

Crack……! Crack!!

Anchar, who had rammed into the Ice Claw, did not stop and pushed him back, and Karil’s body was pushed back for the first time.

Tuk, tuk.

But when the elephant’s momentum stopped, he lightly tapped her thick, leathery forehead as if handling a pet. Halkata stood there with a dumbfounded face, as if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

“As you said, Halkata, the reason why the spirits are running wild is after the corruption broke out. It’s because they’re worried about the Great Jungle, the land of the spirits, being contaminated. But the reason why she can’t control her power and is running wild is not because of corruption. Rather, it’s because the energy of the spirits is too strong.”

Karil’s words were shocking.

It was said that the energy of the spirits, which they believed would protect them, was actually poisonous to her.

“The guardians of the Great Jungle, called the Five Gods, were never born from one origin, so they are all different and busy fighting each other. Since such guys are in one vessel, they have no choice but to run wild. In addition, when the energy of corruption appears, they exert their power even more to protect their vessel.”

“Are you saying that Anchar is like this because the spirits are trying to protect this child?”

“Spirits are just trivial creatures from the mythological era. The problem is that it would be good if they gathered their strength and protected her together, but that’s not the problem.”

Flap, flap……!!

The whole body of the huge elephant began to burn, and Anchar became a red bird that scattered flames every time she flapped her wings and shot her beak at Karil.

“Power must be suppressed with power. In order to control the spirits that are running wild, she must have a stronger power than that.”

“That’s the sixth one……”

“Corruption, called the third disaster, Lice [a plague of parasitic insects], is a monster that is difficult to find a shape. But it is corruption and at the same time not corruption.”

“……What are you talking about?”

“When Lice breaks out, the earth will be covered with countless small gnats. They are bugs that stick to the human body and suck blood. They only appear and disappear for one day, but in that one day, a quarter of the continent’s people will die from being sucked blood.”

The night of the Red Moon.

People called the one day when the third corruption appeared, when there were countless corpses without a drop of blood left, the night of the Red Moon.

“It’s a different level from the spirits you serve, who only have the power of one. It’s unbelievably strong, but……”

Gulp-

Halkar swallowed his saliva involuntarily at his words.

“Anchar, you have to stop them.”

Whirr……! Hwaak!!

Karil grabbed the firebird’s neck.

The Ain Trigger embedded in the back of his hand shone, and the power of the 폭염왕 [Blaze Emperor] instantly pushed back the firebird’s flames.

No matter how legendary a beast it was, it could not be compared to the flames of the 폭염왕 [Blaze Emperor].

“Heo…… Heo…….”

Halkata rushed to Anchar, who was staggering and sitting down, covered in sweat as the transformation was released.

“What can I do…….”

Anchar, who had returned to human form, asked Karil a proper question for the first time.

“Looks like you’re coming to your senses now.”

She was very tired from repeating the transformation several times against her will, but her eyes were sparkling, desperately hoping for salvation.

“It’s something that’s possible because it’s you. There are many tribes living on the continent, and the objects of their beliefs are all different.”

Karil looked at her.

“Originally, corruption was born to twist human beliefs and give despair. The third corruption, Lice, is a reflection of the despair of the Yain’s beliefs.”

“……Yes?”

“In fact, Lice is a corruption that is shaped into small bugs from the dust of the earth. In other words, it is a monster with the energy of this land.”

She wrapped her arms around herself, trembling involuntarily.

“They are similar to a kind of spirit, but the number is enormous, so ordinary spiritists cannot handle it. Only your vessel, which even the spirits covet, will be able to 잠재울 [subdue] it.”

Anchar looked at him anxiously, but Karil did not hesitate or doubt for a moment.

“Don’t worry. You’ll do it.”

Karil lightly tickled the chin of the sacred beast next to him and pushed his butt to make him approach her.

“It’s Aida of Verdure, one of the three 위상 [Phases/Aspects] that was known to be extinct. This child will help you. The sacred beast will strengthen the earth and at the same time strengthen you, the wild people.”

“Myuu.”

Alkar licked the back of Anchar’s hand with his small tongue, as if the energy she was emitting was not bad.

“Your power is not a curse but a blessing. It means you are the best Druid who can have the spirits of the Great Jungle dwell in your body.”

Karil said to her.

“What if there is someone who turned such a blessing into a curse? Shouldn’t you take revenge?”

At his question, Anchar looked at Karil with trembling eyes.

“Take away the power of God.”

“……!!!”

“Make the third corruption yours. That will be the best revenge you can take on him.”

With those words, Karil reached out his hand to Anchar.